Monday Musings at VMS....

Reminder: If you wear tights to school you MUST wear a shirt that comes down to shorts length.

NO students are allowed to walk to the Jr. High for ANY reason.

Congratulations to the 8th Grade Band on earning a Sweepstakes award at the region band contest on Friday. They were the first band that day to earn both a superior rating on stage and a superior rating in sight reading. Way to go, Eagle Band.

Our annual Book Swap will be March 28-April 1. We will be open during P/T Conferences on March 29 and March 31, as well. Bring in gently used or new books (no coloring books, activity books, lesson books, etc.) Fiction, non-fiction and biographies WELCOME. Hardbacks = 2 tickets and Paperbacks = 1 ticket. You can choose to use your tickets to “purchase” books then or check back throughout the week (new books come in daily.) Hardbacks “cost” 2 tickets and paperbacks “cost” 1 ticket.

Battle of the Box Tops: NOW through March 31.

Homeroom Classes…Battle of the Box Tops! (If you don’t have a homeroom, you can choose a class of yours.)

Grand Prize: The Homeroom in EACH GRADE with the most Box Tops, Campbell’s Labels or Tyson A+ Labels per student by 9am March 31st will win 25 books for the teacher’s class and the class will win a Starbooks Breakfast Party (one breakfast item and one hot chocolate each) 2nd Place per grade: Teacher wins 10 Books. 3rd Place per grade: Teacher wins 5 books.

AR 75% Goal Party: The due date for points is Monday, March 28. (This is the Monday we return from Spring Break.) The party will be announced shortly after.

Cheerleader Tryouts are this week:

**Practices and tryouts will be held at the high school gym this week

Monday – Material Taught – 3:15-5:00 ALL (7th grade track excused)

Tuesday-Review of Material-3:15-5:00 (VHS/VJH track excused)

Wed – 3:15 to 5:00 ALL

Thursday – TBA Friday – To Be Announced – may not need this day.

**VMS students who shuttle will need notes approved by the principal to ride the shuttle bus, students who ride the bus will need a note approved to get off at the high school. Shuttle bus #8 will be for car riders